Community groups provide relief as LA staggers from wildfire emergency

Volunteer organizations fill in to provide rides and supplies to a city devastated by fire, and offer ways to contribute

• California wildfires - live

As California state and federal agencies lag in their response to the widespread wildfires that erupted this week in Los Angeles, a network of grassroots organizations and small businesses have launched their own disaster relief efforts - from coordinating overnight evacuation services to delivering essential supplies to victims and frontline workers.

After the fires began burning, the worker-owners at All Power Books decided on Tuesday night to convert the leftist bookstore cooperative into a warehouse for emergency resources.